Play Database : The Accrington Pals

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The information below is intended to give you a brief guide to the show and highlight some of the other Casting Call Pro members who have also been involved in this show.

The Accrington Pals

Author

Peter Whelan

Written

1981

Setting

Accrington / Flanders

Overview

While the story itself is fiction, the background is reality. The Pals were formed and fought just as they are described as doing in the play. It looks at the story of the innocent and enthusiastic men who volunteered their services to their country after Kitchener's calls for a New Army. Their experiences of life on the Western Front are contrasted with the women who are left behind in Accrington, women who come together as friends when facing sexual deprivation, as well as being thrown into the social changes that came along with the absence of many men. The main characters, too, are contrasted; May, as independent, hard-working, fruit and veg stall holder, Tom, her lodger, as optimistic and idealistic and Eva, May's trusted and generous confidante and sweetheart of Ralph. The play has fun and light-hearted moments, which are starkly contrasted with the terrifying reality hundreds of men faced at the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

Characters

Here we list known characters.
Clicking on a character will bring up headshots of people who've played this character in the past.

8	Annie	11	Bertha	12	Eva
13	May	7	Ralph	5	Reggie
6	Sarah	8	Tom

Members of Casting Call Pro who have been involved in The Accrington Pals
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2013		Serena Chloe Gardner, Annie Boggis The Accrington Pals Courtyard Theatre
		Cressida Cooper, May Hassal The Accrington Pals The Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton
		George Christian, CSM Rivers The Accrington Pals The Courtyard Theatre
		Leah Lawry-johns, Sarah The Accrington Pals
		Sean Aydon, Reggie The Accrington Pals
		Darrie Gardner, Annie The Accrington Pals The Oak & Pastor
		Victoria Oliver, Sarah The Accrington Pals The Oak and Pastor
		Michael Jinks, Bill/Soldier The Accrington Pals
		Helen Cashin, Eva The Accrington Pals
2012		Dafydd Brooks, Arthur Boggis The Accrington Pals Adelphi Building
		Anna Gallagher, Eva Mason The Accrington Pals The Rondo Theatre, Larkhall, Bath
		Jessica Duffield, Annie The Accrington Pals The Criterion Theatre
		Amy Tobias, Bertha The Accrington Pals The Rondo Theatre, Bath and The Cotswold Playhouse
2011		Charlotte May, Annie Bougis The Accrington Pals
		Alan Dester, Ralph The Accrington pals
		Dawn King, Bertha The Accrington Pals
		Hannah Murray, Eva The Accrington Pals The Carriageworks
		Lindsey-Anne Barnes, Eva Mason The Accrington Pals Hampton Hill Playhouse
		Tom Ainsley, Tom The Accrington Pals
		Shannon Corbett, Sarah Harding Accrington Pals

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